Akira Tani

Akira Tani

  • Title: Akira Tani
  • Popularity: 1.635
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1910-09-22
  • Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan
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Akira Tani Movies

  • 1958
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    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    8 1958 HD

    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

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  • 1964
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    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    7 1964 HD

    Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's...

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  • 1953
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    Traveling with Breeze

    Traveling with Breeze

    1 1953 HD

    1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

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  • 1965
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    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.7 1965 HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

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  • 1948
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    Drunken Angel

    Drunken Angel

    7.598 1948 HD

    Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to...

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  • 1953
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    Yasugorō shusse

    Yasugorō shusse

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1962
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    Doburoku no Tatsu

    Doburoku no Tatsu

    1 1962 HD

    1962 Japanese movie

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  • 1964
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    The Scarlet Camellia

    The Scarlet Camellia

    5 1964 HD

    A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

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  • 1957
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    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

    Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

    1 1957 HD

    Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

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    Ôban

    Ôban

    1 1957 HD

    A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

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    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

    Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

    1 1957 HD

    Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

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  • 1959
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    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi

    1 1959 HD

    A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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  • 1962
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    The King

    The King

    1 1962 HD

    The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

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  • 1959
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    Desperado Outpost

    Desperado Outpost

    6.1 1959 HD

    When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

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  • 1962
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    My Hobo

    My Hobo

    1 1962 HD

    Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

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  • 1953
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    Omatsuri hanjiro

    Omatsuri hanjiro

    1 1953 HD

    Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...

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  • 1958
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    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    1 1958 HD

    1958 Japanese movie

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  • 1962
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    Our Failures

    Our Failures

    1 1962 HD

    Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.

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  • 1954
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    Farewell Rabaul

    Farewell Rabaul

    9 1954 HD

    A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have...

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  • 1962
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    Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū

    Ōwarai Jiro chō ikka: Sanshita nitei kenjū

    1 1962 HD

    Comedy movie

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  • 1956
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    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    6.7 1956 HD

    Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

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  • 1951
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    Pirates

    Pirates

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1961
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    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.099 1961 HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

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  • 1956
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    The Storm

    The Storm

    9 1956 HD

    A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

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  • 1955
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    Half Human

    Half Human

    4.8 1955 HD

    Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

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  • 1952
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    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.308 1952 HD

    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

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  • 1954
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    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.463 1954 HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

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  • 1955
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    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.3 1955 HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

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  • 1957
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    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.9 1957 HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

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  • 1959
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    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.1 1959 HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

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  • 1954
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    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    7.294 1954 HD

    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...

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  • 1953
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    Wife

    Wife

    7 1953 HD

    Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

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  • 1960
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    社長野郎ども

    社長野郎ども

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Legend of the White Serpent

    The Legend of the White Serpent

    5.6 1956 HD

    Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

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  • 1953
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    Mr. Pu

    Mr. Pu

    6.5 1953 HD

    A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

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  • 1957
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    The Living Koheiji

    The Living Koheiji

    1 1957 HD

    The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

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  • 1955
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    Marital Relations

    Marital Relations

    5.2 1955 HD

    The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

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  • 1957
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    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    Yagyu Secret Scrolls

    7 1957 HD

    In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

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  • 1959
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    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    6.7 1959 HD

    Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

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  • 1961
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    Daredevil in the Castle

    Daredevil in the Castle

    7.438 1961 HD

    During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

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  • 1964
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    Whirlwind

    Whirlwind

    6.8 1964 HD

    Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

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  • 1959
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    The Three Treasures

    The Three Treasures

    5.4 1959 HD

    The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

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  • 1957
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    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    6.7 1957 HD

    It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

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  • 1959
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    The Beast Shall Die

    The Beast Shall Die

    5.6 1959 HD

    A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

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  • 1960
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    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.963 1960 HD

    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

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  • 1955
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    The Lone Journey

    The Lone Journey

    1 1955 HD

    Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

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  • 1958
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    The Hotelman's Holiday

    The Hotelman's Holiday

    1 1958 HD

    A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

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  • 1953
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    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    6.6 1953 HD

    A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

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  • 1955
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    A Gang of Five

    A Gang of Five

    5 1955 HD

    A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

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  • 1954
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    Jirocho's New Year

    Jirocho's New Year

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Man Who Came to Port

    The Man Who Came to Port

    10 1952 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film.

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  • 1955
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    Lovetide

    Lovetide

    1 1955 HD

    An Ishiro Honda film.

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  • 1962
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    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.3 1962 HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

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  • 1959
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    Saga of the Vagabonds

    Saga of the Vagabonds

    6.3 1959 HD

    Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

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  • 1957
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    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.3 1957 HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

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  • 1962
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    The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

    7.3 1962 HD

    Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

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  • 1964
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    The Irresponsible Fool

    The Irresponsible Fool

    7 1964 HD

    Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his...

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  • 1955
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    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    7.7 1955 HD

    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...

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  • 1965
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    True Osaka Grit

    True Osaka Grit

    1 1965 HD

    Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

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  • 1953
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    Youth of Heiji Senigata

    Youth of Heiji Senigata

    1 1953 HD

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    Red-Light Bases

    Red-Light Bases

    1 1953 HD

    Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

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  • 1963
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    Blind Wolf

    Blind Wolf

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1949
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    Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

    1 1949 HD

    In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

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  • 1958
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    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

    3.2 1958 HD

    An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...

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  • 1965
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    Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

    7 1965 HD

    "When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." ...

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  • 1951
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    Story of Lightning

    Story of Lightning

    1 1951 HD

    Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...

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  • 1960
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    Life of a Country Doctor

    Life of a Country Doctor

    1 1960 HD

    A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first...

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  • 1964
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    Garakuta

    Garakuta

    1 1964 HD

    1964 Japanese movie

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  • 1966
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    Ultra Q

    Ultra Q

    8.2 1966 HD

    As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young...

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